Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12
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CITY AND VICINITY.

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storm of Thursday.
There will be an excursion to st. johns
August % on the steamer Re ndeer, under
the auspices of the French Canadians of
this city.
The amount of duties collected in july
1885, for the District of Vermont, was
S5l,497.21; for the month of July,
$1S,5072g.
Sheriff Anterior of Washington county
was in town yesterday and his comments
on the new jail were decidedly uncom-
plmentary.
Mrs. Frank White of st. Paul street
Tuesday night had a fine night blooming
cereus in blossom and about 100 people
were in to admire it,
John Swan was arrested Saturday night
for abusing his family while intoxicated.
He is an old offender and will probably be
obliged to go to Rutland.
The Morrisville Campmeeting assoca
ton have engaged Officer C. w. Drew of
this city to do police work and he will be-
gin his duties there Saturday.
The walls of the new Jail are practically
completed and the roof timbers are being
pun III pldJt. II 10 dllCtuy tNluChb ludb IL
will be a handsome structure.
A number of cases of diphtheria have
appeared ON North Ch9mplain street and
Vicinity, one of which has proved fatal,
and Others are regarded as critical.
A family on st. Paul street detected a
boy Offering to sell a. their front door ap-
pies at the rate Of two for a cent,which he
had taken from trees in their back yard.
The outlook was never more encourag-
ing for large show of stock at the State
fair than now, judging from the entries.
August 80 is the last day on which entries
can be made.
Barnum says the offer of $4,000 fer
the Lake Champlain sea serpent dead
or alive is still in effect, but none of the
Burlington fishermen seems inclined to
troll for the monster.
Mr.. C. c. Post started to mount his
saddle horse Tuesday when the saddle
moved and he fell striking on his back.
He had to be carried into the house, but
his injuries are not regarded as serious.
A key to the fire alarm box on City hall,
No. 43, has been placed in small glass
case in the police office. When an alarm
to be given, the key can be obtained
from this box by breaking the glass door
A Dutch woman died Friday morn
ing at 1880 in the north part of The
city and at noon the remains were in
tered. The body was placed in a partial
ly sitting posture and no casket was used.
Thompsons Point has taken a boom
this season as a lakeside resort. Several
new cottages have been erected which
with those already there have been occu-
pied all the season, beside large number
of tents
Judge Rowell, who presidedwith great
acceptance at the last term of Chitten-
den county court, is to preside at the
September term of Rutland county court.
He is one of the most popular judges
on the Vermont bench.
The two young boys named Martin and
johnson, who stole j. c. Platt's horse
from Athletic Park the other day and
let it run away, breaking the wagon
to pieces and badly cutting the horse, have
settled by paying him $50.
A large dog attacked Willie Murray aged
years, son of John B. Colvin, near Hib-
bard's shoe factory biting his hand and
wrist badly and attempting to get at his
throat. Mr.. Hibbard had the dog killed.
DR.. Colvin dressed the lads wounds.
There is general complaint Of the raw
ages of worms with reference to early ap-
pies, so much so that it is difficult to find
harvest apples that are not thus affected.
Later varieties seemed to have partially
escaped.
A large number of the Commerce club
had an excursion on the Reindeer Satur-
day stal ting at 5 p m. and returning at
TO- An elaborate banquet was served on
board under the direction of II. n. Coon
aud fine time was enjoyed.
A young man boarding at Mrs. Jeromes,
corner of Champlain and Maple street, had
a suit of clothes stolen by another boarder,
who wore them away under his own cloth
ing. The officers are therefore looking for
man wearing two suits of clothes.
Rev. j. C. Kimball, wife and daughter
of Hartford, Conn, are enjoying the
pleasures Of yachting on Lake Champlan
again this sea ON on tn, yacht Emily"
Mr. Kimball began yachting on Cham
plain last year, and is more Fan delighted
with his experiences
The next campmeeting of the Spring
Grove Campmeetng association fof the
Burlington district will be held under the
direction of Rev. j. w. Bennett, at Sp":ng
Grove camp ground, New Haven, com
mencing Tuesday, Aug. % and closing
Thursday, Sept. l.
Rev DR.. Eaton returned to the city yes
terday to officiate at the marriage of Prof.
j. w. Redmond of the Hyde Park acad-
envy and Miss Laura M. Petty of this city.
The ceremony took place at the residence
of Prof. Petty, in the presence of large
number of friends and was very pleas
ant occasion.
The Cedar Beach people object to the
item in Saturdays paper copied from the
Troy Times and furnished that paper rs
its enterprlsing Essex, n. Y, correspond
ent. Instead of Cottages being un-
rooted and blown down" and "cOnsideI-
ahla do N, a fra dana tina ctorn, u,ou not mo-